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Which vitamin D oral supplement is best for postmenopausal women?
- Source :
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Current osteoporosis reports [Curr Osteoporos Rep] 2012 Dec; Vol. 10 (4), pp. 251-7. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Next to a healthy calcium and protein rich diet and exercise, vitamin D supplementation is a key pillar of osteoporosis prevention among postmenopausal women. This article reviews the recent recommendations on vitamin D by the IOF (2010), the Institute of Medicine (2010), and the US Endocrine Society (2011), including the evidence to support these recommendations for fracture and fall prevention. The recent recommendations agree that supplementation should be performed with vitamin D3 or vitamin D2, and that a minimal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D threshold of 50 nmol/l (20 ng/ml)should be achieved to overcome vitamin D deficiency. In contrast to the Institute of Medicine, the IOF and the US Endocrine Society recommend vitamin D also for the prevention of falls, and state that for fracture prevention a higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D threshold of 75 nmol/l (30 ng/ml) should be targeted.
- Subjects :
- Accidental Falls prevention & control
Aged
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Muscle, Skeletal drug effects
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal blood
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal epidemiology
Osteoporotic Fractures epidemiology
Risk Factors
United States
Vitamin D blood
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal drug therapy
Osteoporotic Fractures prevention & control
Vitamin D therapeutic use
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1544-2241
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Current osteoporosis reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22983927
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11914-012-0118-z